On the test bench today we have the MMX2 from Beyerdynamic. A gaming and multimedia headset that has given us the picture that it should be quite an OK headset. So it's time for some tests to see if it can handle something similar like other headsets and headphones.

For our testing we use CD media to make sure we have the best quality of music as possible. We listen on powerful tunes, calm tunes and listen for imperfections in the audio. Do we get any disturbance when playing bass, does the classical high pitched sounds get cut off?

When testing we listen to several different music styles. For this test I've decided to take the girlgroup, that no longer exists, Bond for their wonderful violin music. They also offer some bass in their songs and I must say, they are one of my favorite artists.

Furthermore we try on some deeper techno, trance and dance tunes. Here I have an absolute favorite tune named “Waiting” performed by Dash Berlin and Emma Hewitt. Several different instruments, mostly electronic. But from experience as I've played this tune since last summer on so many systems and so many headphones, telephones and what more that I can't count, I truly know how this song should sound.

Some personal information, but this song really makes me happy. So this is definitely one of the best reviews I've done in quite some time.

Even further we find an all electronic tune named “Above the Clouds” performed by Fast Distance and Dimension.

We hop on over to RNB with Swingfly and load up some tunes there such as “Touch and Go” and “Singing that melody”.

After several sessions with modern music, I go back in history to find some tunes from the 50s and the 60s. We can't talk about quality here, but still music from that period just blows most music today. Pure instruments and artists that actually can sing, you can't find much of that today.

Fats Domino, Neil Sedaka, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, they all joined me in over an hour of testing.

I can list my playlist right here, but you'll probably fall asleep before you even start going through it.

But you're probably interested in the results of my testing. I can say that I'm more than happy with the headset, it's although a little dim and rounded in the sound. As said before, we loose some Hz in the bass segment and somewhere along the line to the top, it's not exactly cut off, but somehow rounded and the MMX2 don't give us the sharpness of some of the higher tunes.

Even though it gives a very nice sound and just for the speakers I can recommend this headset for most users that don't have the highest expectations, but just want some all round headphones.

I experience some dim sound and it doesn't give me the sharpest sound when playing music. That is however good for your ears, but it cuts away some of the actual music. 
But we're not done yet as the MMX2 is a headset, we also have the microphone to test. We do the test with Mumble. Battling with the giants Ventrilo and Teamspeak, Mumble was created to provide a high quality voice service that is both free and secure.

All communication through Mumble is encrypted and transferred securely over SSL connections between the users and the server. Some also says that Mumble provides both a more clean and stable voice communication than both Ventrilo and Teamspeak, while others say the opposite.

I guess I'm somewhere in the middle and therefore think Mumble is great for use in the test.

By using both the MMX2 and several other headsets I can compare them to each others while talking to other users on our Mumble server.

The results of the microphone testing seems to be very good. Correctly configured in the audio wizard of Mumble gives a more or less perfect sound. For voice chatting I recommend this headset very much.

There is only one thing I can sort of complain about and that is something about myself, my ears are a bit too big for the ear pads. The ear pads cover my ears, no problems with that, but they are just a little bit too small to go around my ears.

This makes it quite painful after long use. However, I had the opportunity to let my girlfriend test the MMX2 as well and she loves them. She has the perfect ear size for this headset.

We also run through all the above tests while the headset was connected through the USB sound card and we could not notice any significant differences. No delays, no direct improvements. All in all, same kind of sound as with the analog 3.5mm plugs directly connected to our built-in soundcard on our motherboard.

Conclusion
Finally what is my conclusion for this review.
Well, I can't say anything else than I can recommend this headset both for gaming and for the average multimedia listener.

The headset can handle quite some volume and still little to no distortions. It can easily handle the half-official maximum value of 100 decibel. It goes over that without problems also, but up to that limit is a must. In France for example, there is a law that 100 decibel is the max an mp3 player should be able to produce. I think we have something similar here in Sweden as well, but couldn't find any info about it at the time of review.

So all in all, a great headset. Just be careful and think twice about the size of your ears. Other than that, this is definitely a recommended product!

I would like to thank Caseking.de for providing us with a review sample and also give thanks to Beyerdynamic for an outstanding product.

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